Shuttle.



e. L. PRELLER.

SHUTTLE.

APPLICATION HLIED APR.Z3.1915.

Patented May 30, 1916.

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Be it; known that I, GAYNIE L. PRELLER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Augusta, in the county of lVoodruit and State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements inShuttles, of which the following is a specification.

p This invention relates to shuttles and more I loop-forming and knot-Untying instruments tatting shuttle having suitable instruments associated therewith for form ng a proper connecting loop and for untying knots.

areseparat from the shuttle they are generally ditilc-ult to find when needed.

It is therefore the object of this invention to'avoid these. difficulties and to provide a Another object of the invention is to provide a tatting shuttle having a slidahly mounted knot loosening or untying member and a slidably mounted l0op-forniing memher, the operative ends of which instruments may be projected beyond the ends of the shuttle and which are normally retained in grooves in such a manner that they will be substantially sealed or protected from engagement with the threads of the lace as the shuttle is operated in the usual manner.

It is another object of the invention to,

provide a shuttle-0f this character for ncedles'having associated therewith a needle that forms a continuation of the shuttle when projected and a guide therefor in passing the shuttle througlhthe loop.

Further objects of the invention will, ap pear as the following specific description is read in connection with. the drawings which form a part ofthis applicationand in which Figure l is'a perspective'view, Fig. 2 is J a longitudinal section taken through the shuttle, Fig. 3 is a'detail plan view showing one of the instruments in projected position.

Referring more particularlyFto the drawings 1 represents amounting ,block around which the thread is woundand secu-red'to the sides of the block in any preferred inan- Application filed April 23, 1915; Serial no. 23,417.

untyiiig instruments 8 and 9.

.GAYNIE L. PRELLER/OF AUG STA; ARKANSAS.

Specification of tetters Patent. Patented May 30,1916.-

ner are'the side plates 2 and 3 pointed at opposite ends in the customary manner, to facilitate the passage of the shuttle through the loops of the lace. The block l is provided with longitudinal grooves 4 upon -opposite sides and the underside of each side plate 2 and 3 is providedwith a longitudinal channel 5 which terininates'at one end ,iii anaperture passing diagonally through the thickness of the side plates and co nmunicating with the groove? forming the outer face oit'the side plate adjacent its pointed end. Mounted in the grooves 4: and .5 and having one terminal arranged to projcct through the aperture 6 and lie within the groove 7 are the loop-forining and knot- The instrument 9 has one ciid pointed like a needle or pin and lying in the glOOVG 7 when in inactive position while the instrument 8 has the hook end in the form 033 a crochet needle which also lies in its groove 7 when in in active position. Each. side plate as shown is provided with a.longitudinal slot 10 which exposes the instrumentsfi and 9 as shown and each instrunientis provided with a laterally extending lug 11 which travels in the slot 10 and is arrranged to be engagedhy the finger nail so that the instrument may be readily moved back .and forth in the groovesto project its operative end be yond the end of the shuttle to throw the instrument into operative or inoperative position as is desired. When the inst-r111 ments' are withdrawn so that their points are within the groove! the points will be arranged below. the outer surfaces of the plates and thus do'not interfere with the passage of the shuttle through the loops of the lace. As stated, the instrument? is used solely for "the purpose of loosening knots v which are made in error. i

The instrument 8 is used in the ordinary manner of a crochet needle in forming loopsand when 'tlius used has its book pass. through the loop therehy forming a startin its passage ing point for the shuttle through the loop. v i

"What is claimed is A tattinfg' shuttle comprising a spacing block haviiig arcuate spaced grooves in opposite sides thereof, sideiplates secured tothe spacing block and having internally arranged grooves, said plates having an aperture and an exteriorly arranged groove ieo communicating with said anerturean ml I l strument slidably mounted within the grooves and passing through the apertures and having their opposite ends normally seated in the grooves on the external faces of the side plates and means for projecting and retracting said instrument, said external grooves and )ertures being arranged in a plane between the grooves of said block for frictiona l; holding said instruments in either of their two positions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GAYNIE L. PRELLER. lVitnessesz- E. L. Gnooi-ix, M. \V. \VILENZIELL. 

